Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p…

Gutted for Douban, what was the king's last order?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Douban · What happens: gut, be · To what, where: last order

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 166 «Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the king doubts the vizir, then condemns the physician to death» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 Douban	case
3	Douban	Douban	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gutted	obl:agent
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 order	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 order	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 order	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 order	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 order	amod
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Douban	appos
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle							vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Douban	the king's last order					tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

strike and rid me of this assassin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rid	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	1 strike	cc
3	rid	rid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 rid	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 assassin	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 assassin	det
7	assassin	assassin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rid	past	strike	me				of this assassin	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Source of assassin=Theme

Option 2

send him to the cells tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 send	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 cells	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cells	det
5	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 send	obl
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 send	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the cells	tonight		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cell=Destination

Option 3

strike him down and rid me of this assassin and all his kin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 strike	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 strike	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rid	cc
5	rid	rid	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 strike	conj
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 rid	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 assassin	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 assassin	det
9	assassin	assassin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rid	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kin	cc
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 kin	det:predet
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 kin	nmod:poss
13	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assassin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike down	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument
2	rid	past	you not said here	me				of this assassin and his kin	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Source of assassin=Theme

Option 4

strike and rid me of this assassin before the court sees him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rid	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	1 strike	cc
3	rid	rid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 rid	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 assassin	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 assassin	det
7	assassin	assassin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rid	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 sees	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 court	det
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sees	nsubj
11	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rid	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rid	past	strike	me				of this assassin	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Source of assassin=Theme
2	see	present	the court	strike					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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